Allison deHart's Class

Google Classroom Class I.D.- tl8wgsx

 

Monday- Lecture

Tuesday – Lecture/Writing Prompt 

Wednesday- Reading

Thursday – Writing 

Friday- Workshop 

 

Book: Fiction First Aid

 

Movies/T.V. Series- get permission slip (up to rated R)

 

Lecture- I will lecture from the class book Fiction First Aid by Raymond Obstfeld.  This will include excerpts from the book as well as clips from movies/T.V. series to illustrate certain points regarding the construction of a story.  It is for this reason that students need to sign and turn in the movie permission slip.  This film viewing will be primarily regulated to short clips.  

 

Independent Reading/Author Journal- Students need to pick a book in their selected genre.  It should be an author they admire.  The student will be reading and taking detailed notes on how the author constructs his/her story.

 

Writing- As this is a Creative Writing class the writing day is of tremendous value.  The student should expect to write 5-10 pages a week.  The writing should be fairly enjoyable as it is from the student’s imagination.  The student’s aim is to start and hopefully finish a novel or short story during the span of this year-long class.  

 

Workshops- Students will be expected to contribute to the workshops both as an author and as a critic.  Each week the class will be discussing at least 3 student manuscripts.  The student must come to class prepared.  This means that the student has read their classmates work and has made corrections/suggestions and is ready to share with the class.